New Old Stock Au Nain 17cm / 6.75" Fillet Knife Stainless Rosewood San Remy France 1960-90s

Au Nain 17cm / 6.75" flexible fillet knife with nickel rat tail bolsters, rosewood handle with brass cutlers, rivets, in unused condition, made somewhere from the 1960s to 90s. This. knife was stamped and then hand ground, the sucessor of the older plate semelle knives.

This knife was made in the small town of San Remy across the Durolle river from Theirs, France. Au Nain is a 4th generation family cutlery business that was founded in 1885 by Gaston Saint-Joanis in Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle, a district of Thiers. The name 'Au Nain' (meaning The Dwarf) was chosen as a playful response to their main competitor at that time - 'Géant du Couteau' (The Knife Giant). Much of Au Nain's manufacturing process is still in-house (from handling to polishing and sharpening, etc.) which is becoming less and less common. They continue to uphold traditional knife making processes characteristic to Thiers.

This New Old Stock knife does not come sharpened. Please request sharpening if desired in the order notes section of the cart page.

Note, we have two of these, one has a stamp the other an etched marking